Anyone watch Chopped?

[Michelle420]

I watched Chopped and Chopped Canada.

 

[theDoctorisIn]

A friend of mine was a contestant on Chopped last year. She came in second.

 

[Michelle420]

A friend of mine was a contestant on Chopped last year. She came in second.

Wow that's neat. I bet going to her house for dinner is GREAT !

I hate how some of them make me feel on edge where they get down to the wire and still running around to get all their dishes ready

 

[Unkotare]

I like it when one of the chefs takes losing really badly. It's funny. My only gripe with that show is how poorly edited it is.

 

[Michelle420]

I like it when one of the chefs takes losing really badly. It's funny. My only gripe with that show is how poorly edited it is.

I get so mad when they leave an ingredient off and their plate clearly was best

 

[Rat in the Hat]

I like it when one of the chefs takes losing really badly. It's funny. My only gripe with that show is how poorly edited it is.

I get so mad when they leave an ingredient off and their plate clearly was best

I got mad when a contestant won after leaving an ingredient out of the main course AND desert.

So I stopped watching.

 

[Unkotare]

Pet peeve: The chef who never takes off his/her hat because it's their 'look.' Get over yourself, Hollywood.

 

[Michelle420]

I like it when one of the chefs takes losing really badly. It's funny. My only gripe with that show is how poorly edited it is.

I get so mad when they leave an ingredient off and their plate clearly was best

I got mad when a contestant won after leaving an ingredient out of the main course AND desert.

So I stopped watching.

Wow, usually that's an automatic chop !

Was it American or Canadian chopped?

 

[Michelle420]

[ame=http://youtu.be/ucY_Zi3mjUo]Best 'Chopped' Reaction Ever - YouTube[/ame]

 

[Unkotare]

Not sure if this reflects something about the industry, but a noticeably high percentage of the female chefs seem to be lesbians. They are forever talking about their girlfriend or female fiancee or whatever. Which is fine, of course. It's just noticeable. The female chefs who are straight all seem compelled to say something like "because I'm a girl I have to work harder" or "I can stand toe to toe with the boys" or some such thing at least twice per episode.

 

[Rat in the Hat]

I get so mad when they leave an ingredient off and their plate clearly was best

I got mad when a contestant won after leaving an ingredient out of the main course AND desert.

So I stopped watching.

Wow, usually that's an automatic chop !

Was it American or Canadian chopped?

It was the American show. It was one of their charity champion weeks, and the "winner" had a better back story than the woman who got raves for all her courses.

That's when I decided the whole thing was fixed.

 

[G.T.]

Pet peeve: The chef who never takes off his/her hat because it's their 'look.' Get over yourself, Hollywood.

that's a double edged sword.

one could easily say to get over Yourself for caring!~

 

[Unkotare]

I got mad when a contestant won after leaving an ingredient out of the main course AND desert.

So I stopped watching.

Wow, usually that's an automatic chop !

Was it American or Canadian chopped?

It was the American show. It was one of their charity champion weeks, and the "winner" had a better back story than the woman who got raves for all her courses.

That's when I decided the whole thing was fixed.

Eh, it's entertainment.

 

[Unkotare]

Pet peeve: The chef who never takes off his/her hat because it's their 'look.' Get over yourself, Hollywood.

that's a double edged sword.

one could easily say to get over Yourself for caring!~

You could, but my TV tells me I'm a very important person so it must be true.

 

[G.T.]

Not sure if this reflects something about the industry, but a noticeably high percentage of the female chefs seem to be lesbians. They are forever talking about their girlfriend or female fiancee or whatever. Which is fine, of course. It's just noticeable. The female chefs who are straight all seem compelled to say something like "because I'm a girl I have to work harder" or "I can stand toe to toe with the boys" or some such thing at least twice per episode.

!!!!!! spot on observation

 

[theDoctorisIn]

Not sure if this reflects something about the industry, but a noticeably high percentage of the female chefs seem to be lesbians. They are forever talking about their girlfriend or female fiancee or whatever. Which is fine, of course. It's just noticeable. The female chefs who are straight all seem compelled to say something like "because I'm a girl I have to work harder" or "I can stand toe to toe with the boys" or some such thing at least twice per episode.

It's industry-wide.

Kitchens are incredibly high-testosterone environments. The female chefs that don't burn out tend to be what you would call "butch", regardless of their sexual orientation.

 

[Michelle420]

some of the mystery ingredients are so gross, and I am amazed at the dishes they create from them

 

[theDoctorisIn]

some of the mystery ingredients are so gross, and I am amazed at the dishes they create from them

Yeah, I saw one episode where the theme was "food that should have been thrown out".

Over-ripe, semi rotten tomatoes is the one ingredient I remember.

 

[Michelle420]

Not sure if this reflects something about the industry, but a noticeably high percentage of the female chefs seem to be lesbians. They are forever talking about their girlfriend or female fiancee or whatever. Which is fine, of course. It's just noticeable. The female chefs who are straight all seem compelled to say something like "because I'm a girl I have to work harder" or "I can stand toe to toe with the boys" or some such thing at least twice per episode.

The episode with the Grandma's was pretty good

 

[Unkotare]

Not sure if this reflects something about the industry, but a noticeably high percentage of the female chefs seem to be lesbians. They are forever talking about their girlfriend or female fiancee or whatever. Which is fine, of course. It's just noticeable. The female chefs who are straight all seem compelled to say something like "because I'm a girl I have to work harder" or "I can stand toe to toe with the boys" or some such thing at least twice per episode.

It's industry-wide.

Kitchens are incredibly high-testosterone environments. The female chefs that don't burn out tend to be what you would call "butch", regardless of their sexual orientation.